- Date
- August 13, 1973
- Place
- Freeport, MI · FREEPORT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N408CCessna 150K
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730813026789A
- Case key
- 188848
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3328 73/8/13 NR.FREEPORT,MICH CESSNA 150K CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1759 TIME - 1130 N408C PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 166 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSON,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: VALVE ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- POWER LINE PATROL ROCKER ARM NR 4 CYL BKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N408C
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.